Trulshik Rinpoche presents offering to Lopon Karma Wangchuk during Maratika
enthronement ceremony
enthronement ceremony
My daughter Rachel with Chokling
Rinpoche at the Kathmandu airport
where we had a surprise meeting.
Rinpoche at the Kathmandu airport
where we had a surprise meeting.
Here we are inside the small shrine of the self-arisen Tara, in Pharping. Chokling Rinpoche is
sitting with my daughter Rachel on the left and PT and Maya are on the right.
sitting with my daughter Rachel on the left and PT and Maya are on the right.
Here PT asks Chokling Rinpoche a question.
Inside the Guru Rinpoche
cave, Pharping, Nepa
cave, Pharping, Nepa
Rachel and I sharing a moment with HH Trushik Rinpoche
Mutual admiration
This is my friend Topkhey sitting opposite my daughter with his four children in the middle. He
was the attendant to Sangye Tenzin Lama. During the year I had spent in the Himalaya in
1969 we became best friends, often gathering wood together and going on full day treks for
monastery supplies. Some years after I left to become a monk, Topkhey took a wife and
began a family.
We had a surprise reunion during the enthronement of the Maratika Lama. Topkhey had
fallen on hard times. The restaurant he established to support his family, in the Everest
region, was no longer providing income for his family. He had moved to Kathmandu to school
his children, renting out the restaurant to finance his city life and the children's schooling.
But, the Maoist told the rentor that Topkhey was no longer to receive any rent and that they
were to be the new beneficiaries of his labors---to support the Maoist cause!
So it was that this chance meeting afforded me the opportunity to help my old friend. This
photo was taken in the price pal's office, where a few days later I returned with $1,350, a fee
which covered the cost of schooling all four children for one year, and 4 sets of school
uniforms (for each child) and shoes for the year---I felt like the one who got the deal!!!
The school is a non-profit private school; if you are interested in sponsoring a child please
email me at: samudra@msn.com or richard@buddhadharma.com.
was the attendant to Sangye Tenzin Lama. During the year I had spent in the Himalaya in
1969 we became best friends, often gathering wood together and going on full day treks for
monastery supplies. Some years after I left to become a monk, Topkhey took a wife and
began a family.
We had a surprise reunion during the enthronement of the Maratika Lama. Topkhey had
fallen on hard times. The restaurant he established to support his family, in the Everest
region, was no longer providing income for his family. He had moved to Kathmandu to school
his children, renting out the restaurant to finance his city life and the children's schooling.
But, the Maoist told the rentor that Topkhey was no longer to receive any rent and that they
were to be the new beneficiaries of his labors---to support the Maoist cause!
So it was that this chance meeting afforded me the opportunity to help my old friend. This
photo was taken in the price pal's office, where a few days later I returned with $1,350, a fee
which covered the cost of schooling all four children for one year, and 4 sets of school
uniforms (for each child) and shoes for the year---I felt like the one who got the deal!!!
The school is a non-profit private school; if you are interested in sponsoring a child please
email me at: samudra@msn.com or richard@buddhadharma.com.
HH Holiness the Dali Lama entering the lecture venue for the Kalachakra
empowerment that was held in Amaravarti 2006
empowerment that was held in Amaravarti 2006
Left: Kalachakra Empowerment 2006,Amarvarti: This fellow is giving a
lesson on how not to receive the Kalachakra empowerment and how to
be disrepectful. Below: Monk section
lesson on how not to receive the Kalachakra empowerment and how to
be disrepectful. Below: Monk section
HH Kusum Lingpa and Chagdud Turlku in Los Angeles.
My daughter Rachel and I Nepal 1986
Lama Sonam Guermei performing the Maha Kala
Puja, Nepal 1985
Puja, Nepal 1985
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